Undergarment.



M. I. BOLTZ.

UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-9. 1911.

1 ,277,84 1 Patented Sept. 3, 1918.,

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A TTOR/VEYS it ED STATES MAUD i. BOLTZ, or POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

UNDERGARMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

garment.

Be it known that I, MAUn I. BOLTZ, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Pottsville, in the county of Schuylkill and State ofPennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Undergarments, of whichthe following is a specification. Y

My present invention relates generally to womens garments, and moreparticularly to womens under-garments, my object beingthe'provision ofan extremely slmple gar-- .ment of this nature, both as regards themanufacture thereof and the completed article,

'Fig. 2 .is a horizontal through the body ""portion of the garmentsubstantially on line 22 of Fig. 1. w v

Fig. 3 is a similar view taken through one leg portion of'the garmentsubstantially on I of the garment.

Fig. 5 is a detailed perspective view of the I shown in'Fig. 6.

line 33 of Fig. 1. V 1

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the lower portion body portion of the complete.

Fig. 6 is a detailed perspective view of the crotch section detached.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the crotch section garment cut and in- Fig. 8is a plan view illustrating the manner in which the crotch sections arecut from the goods.

Referring now to these figures and particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, myinvention contemplates the provision of an undergarment which in thisinstance,- I have shown in the form of a union garment, consistingof atubular body portion 10, which in manufacture is placed flatwise in oneposition and out at its upper and lower portions, as

seen respectively at 11 and 12 in Fig. '5, to

form at the upper portion of the body 10, the

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented section taken Sept. 3, 1918.

' Application filed August 9, 1917. Serial No. 185,301.

shoulder straps 13, and the suitably shaped front and back neckportions, thelatter of which and the outer portions of the straps 13,are suitably finished thereafter, either with or without desiredtrimming. .The cutting at the lower portion of th body 10, is in thenature of diametrically opposed slits extending from the lower end ofthe body and upwardly for a suitable distance, depending to some extentat least upon.the size of the finished garment, these slits being in thefirst instance made at the sides of thebody which when partly turnedpresent themselves at the frontand the rear as at 12 in Fig. 5, so as toresult in a substantial bifurcation of the lower portion of the body 10,the purpose of which will be presently described.

. To the free edges around the lower slit of the body 10, are suitablyattached the side edges 14 of an in'sertedsection 15, of hour glass formas seen particularly in Figs. 4, 6

and 7, each inserted section 15 being in one p1ece and p eferably outfrom a tubular section 16, as in Fig. 8, by means of patterns 17 laid atopposite sides thereof, and each of the shape of one-half of thesection, so that when out, each section willihave the form above, statedand plainly seen in Figs. 4:

and 7 '1 It is to be observed, therefore, that the I;

inserted section 15 cooperates with'the bifur-v cated lower portion ofthe tubular body 10, when connected thereto, in such manner asto formthe complete leg portions 18 of Fig. 1, and that the seams 19 necessaryfor the oining of the inserted sections. in place are each continuous ifnot I line, thus making the assembly of the parts ready and simpleoperations aside from any trimming, as before stated, around the neckand arm-holes, and as seen at 20, around the extremities of the legportions l8,'which trimming is, of course, incident to every garment ofthis 11s desired.

the particular construction presented, by my inventlon, the intermediateportion of the intire crotch area, and being without seams, is wellcalculated to promote ease and comfort in use. 9

Thus, in addition to the fact of advantage to the manufacturer in theuse of but two pieces goinginto the make-up of the garnature, where itspresence It is also to be observed that in view of' in a wholly straighti sertedsection 15 covers substantially the enment, thecompleted articleprofesses consid erable advantage to the wearer in its use.

By referring to Fig. 2,'the tubular construction of the body portion maybe readily seen, the difference between this construction and theconstruction of the leg portions 18, may be readily observed bycomparison of this figure with Fig. 3, which latter includes the twoseams 19, necessary for the joining of the inserted section 15.

It is furthermore obvious that while I have shown in this instance, myinvention in connection with a union garment, it may .with'equalfacility be utilized in connection with the manufacture of drawersalone.

I claim: 1

1. The method herein described of manu-' facturing an undergarment, saidmethod consisting in first preparing a seamless tubular web, thencentrally slitting the lower portion of said tubular web at front and.rear to form divergent legs open on their in v ner sides, thenpreparing a flat web of hourglass shape having a length twice that ofthe slitted portion of the tubular web and a width in its narrowestportion s'ufiicient to bridge the crotch from front to rear, thendoubling said fiat web at the center of its length, and then securingtheopposite edges of one end of said fiat web tothe front and rear edgesof the slitted portion of one leg of the body web and the opposite edgesof the other end of said flat web to the correspondingedges of theopposite leg of the body web whereby the narrower central portion of thefiat web constitutes the closed and seamless crotch of'the finishedgarment and the Wider end portions of said web constitute gussets on theinner side of the legs and widen the latter toward the bottom, the 40seams between the two webs extending along the front and rear sides ofthe legs and across the body in front and back of the crotch.

2. An undergarment comprising a body portion having divergent legportions and a folded hour-glass shaped single flat web having a centralportion of a width sufficient to bridge the crotch'of the garment fromfront to rear, said fiat web having the opposite edges of one end unitedto the front and rear edges of one of the leg portions, and the oppositeedges of its other end united to the

